GURGAON: A 25-year-old girl and her one-and-a-half-month-old son have been allegedly strangled to loss of life by her in-laws in Palwal’s Rajpura village over a requirement for an SUV as dowry. Police mentioned strangulation marks have been discovered on Sagufta‘s neck.On the grievance of her father, Yakeen, a case has been registered at Sadar police station in opposition to 11 folks, together with her husband Sohil (27) and village head Sahib, on expenses of homicide and dowry loss of life.Yakeen instructed police that Sagufta married Sohil in 2023. He alleged her in-laws started harassing her for dowry quickly after the marriage and demanded a Scorpio. They frequently assaulted her and taunted her, saying Sohil had been cheated and could be remarried, he mentioned. Sagufta later gave delivery to 2 kids, a daughter and a son.Throughout the chhuchhak ceremony for the youthful little one, when maternal grandparents deliver items for the new child, Sagufta’s in-laws allegedly renewed their demand for the SUV and assaulted her. On Aug 15, her husband dropped her at her parental house in Salamba of Nuh, saying she might return solely after Yakeen organized an SUV.A village panchayat was later held within the presence of her in-laws’ relations Jamshed, Akram and Rashid. Yakeen alleged he needed to give an air conditioner and Rs 50,000 earlier than sending Sagufta again to her marital house on Aug 17.The subsequent day, Sagufta known as her household and mentioned her husband and in-laws have been beating her once more. She additionally alleged that the village head had incited the household to kill her and her toddler son, promising to cowl up the crime.Her household believed these have been empty threats and didn’t intervene instantly. On Thursday, they have been knowledgeable that Sagufta and her one-and-a-half-month-old son, Juhan, had been killed. Upon reaching the spot, they seen strangulation marks on each our bodies. Sagufta’s mom alleged that jewelry had been faraway from her physique earlier than loss of life.Police mentioned the circumstances raised suspicion of homicide. Based mostly on the grievance, Sohil, his mom Afsana, father Yaqeem, brother Arbaaz, sister Zia, Rafeeq, Waseem, Sahib, and relations Jamshed, Akram and Rashid of Rithoda have been named within the FIR.“The case seems to be homicide, however the precise explanation for loss of life will likely be confirmed after the postmortem examination. The lady’s husband has been taken into custody for questioning. Additional motion will likely be determined based mostly on the post-mortem findings,” mentioned a police officer.Sagufta’s household has demanded instant arrest of the accused and a video of the medical examination of the our bodies. They’ve additionally sought inclusion of a lady physician on the board conducting the post-mortem.Police have invoked BNS sections associated to homicide, legal conspiracy, dowry loss of life, cruelty by husband or his relations, voluntarily inflicting harm, illegal meeting and rioting.
